Bedtime

Bedtime (also called putting to bed or tucking in) is a ritual part of parenting to help children feel more secure[1] and become accustomed to a more rigid schedule of sleep than they might prefer. The ritual of bedtime is aimed at facilitating the transition from wakefulness to sleep.[2] It may involve bedtime stories, children's songs, nursery rhymes, bed-making and getting children to change into nightwear. In some religious households, prayers are said shortly before going to bed.[3] Sleep training may be part of the bedtime ritual for babies and toddlers.[4]

For other uses, see Bedtime (disambiguation).
"Bedtimes" redirects here. For the monthly magazine, see BedTimes.

In adult use, the term means simply "time for bed", similar to curfew, as in "It's past my bedtime". Some people are accustomed to drinking a nightcap or herbal tea at bedtime. Sleeping coaches are also used to help individuals reach their bedtime goals.[5] Researchers studying sleep are finding patterns revealing that cell phone use at night disturbs going to sleep at one's bedtime and achieving a good night's sleep.[6]

Synonyms

In boarding schools and on trips or holidays that involve young people, the equivalent of bedtime is lights out or lights-out - this term is also used in prisons, hospitals, in the military, and in sleep research.

Newspapers

In the pre-digital newspaper era, a newspaper, usually daily, was "put to bed" when editorial work on the issue had formally ceased, the content was fixed, and printing could begin.

See also

References
  1. Dr Scoresby. "Winning the bedtime battle". Archived from the original on 20 August 2000.
  2. Hale, Lauren; Berger, Lawrence M.; LeBourgeois, Monique K.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne (2009). "Social and Demographic Predictors of Preschoolersʼ Bedtime Routines". Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 30 (5): 394–402. doi:10.1097/dbp.0b013e3181ba0e64. PMC 2793084. PMID 19745760.
  3. A Scottish prayer: "I am going now into the sleep, / Be it that I in health shall wake; / If death be to me in deathly sleep, / Be it that in thine own arm's keep, / O God of grace, to new life I wake; / O be it in thy dear arm's keep, / O God of grace, that I shall awake!" (from Poems of the Western Highlanders, 1900; in The Oxford Book of Prayer, general editor: George Appleton. Oxford University Press; no. 325 at p. 101)
  4. "Sleep Training Truths: What Science Can (And Can't) Tell Us About Crying it Out". NPR. July 15, 2019.
  5. Ingrama, Mindellb, Puzinod, Walterse (2018). "A Survey of Practicing Sleep Coaches". Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 16 (13): 272–281. doi:10.1080/15402002.2016.1188394. PMID 27362893.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Weir, Kristen (2017). "(Dis)Connected". Monitor on Psychology. 1 (43): 42.


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